DO YOU DARE WATCH THIS VIDEO....ALL THE WAY THROUGH?
Who eats horses?
The biggest consumers of horsemeat are France, Italy, Belgium, and Japan. Horsemeat, considered a delicacy, is used as an alternative to beef. This hurts the US beef industry. Japan regulates the amount of American beef imported into the country, but these regulations are not imposed on American horse meat. Eating horses has never been an accepted part of American culture.
What’s the big deal anyway?
Both the transport of horses to slaughter and the slaughter itself is inhumane. Equipment used in the transport of horses to slaughter is designed for cows. Horses often end up trampled and injured, even dead, while being transported 24 hours or more with no food, water, or rest. The equipment used to stun the horse before being slaughtered is also made for cows. Horses are often slaughtered while still consciously alive (2,500 or more horses met their fate this way last year alone).
The following is a beautiful video. It shows some of the success stories, what we all fight for.....enjoy!
This a breath takingly moving and beautiful horse rescue video from the Netherlands (stranded horse herd NOT slaughterbound horses).
This dog was part of an "art" exhibit...it was tethered and slowly starved to death while people wandered by. Costa Rican 'artist' (demon) Guillermo Habacuc Vargas paid children to capture, taunt and abuse this poor baby.
In that event, (in which the dog died) he was chosen to represent his country in the "Bienal Centroamericana Honduras 2008". It is a sad day when killing an innocent animal is celebrated as 'art'. Shame on all of you who witnessed this crime and did nothing!!!!!
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The video below is a compelling argument for BANNING RODEOS! Video by Beth in Illinois (please visit both her pages...see my Top Friends list)